Jan. 9: Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles Review at Gamespimp

Another look at Mythic's recent fantasy online world add-on is brought to our attention.

By IGN Staff

Mythic's Dark Age of Camelot expansion pack is the subject of review of Shrouded Isles that gives it a respectable score of 7.9 out of 10:

With all of the new features in the new world you may be wondering what's in store for Realm vs. Realm combat? Unfortunately nothing. A decision was made that Realm vs. Realm combat was already spread out enough and as a result there are no RvR locations on Shrouded Isles. As I wander through a barren frontier I can understand where Mythic is coming from here. Still I would have liked to see some sort of addition to Realm vs. Realm combat. After all the primary selling point of this game is the PVP. With no new realm abilities or PVP options you can't help but feel cheated.

If you take Shrouded Isles for what it is, then it can be a positive experience. It is an expansion which added to the high end game, introduced a new graphics engine, new lands and new classes. On the flip side of that if you focus on what it is not then you could be sorely disappointed. It does not make your existing character more exciting and it does not offer you any new PVP options. It does not surpass Everquest in the high end PVP game, but it certainly draws it closer. Whichever side of the fence you are leaning on it is important to remember one undeniable fact. Shrouded Isles improved Dark Age of Camelot. It may not have offered us everything that we had hoped for, but it definitely made an improvement.

Should you be interested in reading more, you can follow the link above to the full article at Gamespimp. - Jonric